[fw-wiz] Hunt for VPN devices

From: Jeff Boles (bolesjb@yahoo.com)
Date: 10/14/02 

From: "Jeff Boles" <bolesjb@yahoo.com>
To: <firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com>
Date: Mon Oct 14 15:51:01 2002

Hate to ask this question here, but I'm a bit stumped - are there any
dedicated VPN devices left on the market?

I used to love the redcreek dedicated vpn devices (before they were acquired
by SonicWall).

These days, seems that all VPN services are either on a firewall or router
box, and I favor architectures which don't really use VPN on either. Still
stuck on the idea of being able to run and manage VPN separately, and
grouping this functionality on a firewall or router device muddies the
administration for clients, and adds unnecessary functionality, especially
for clients with restricted technical resources. Additionally, I don't
really like compromising on VPN functionality or firewall functionality, and
multipurpose boxes seem to require either that, or an excessively high cost.

Thanks for any suggestions,

JB.

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